The scheduling of surgeries in a hospital operating room is a process fraught with uncertainty. The most carefully planned day can be upended by the unexpected arrival of a patient requiring an emergency operation. If a surgeon needs more time than expected to complete a procedure, if a patient shows up late or if a nurse has to call out sick, an entire day’s procedures can be delayed.
Life-cycle engineering pioneer Prof. Dan Frangopol and former PhD student Alysson Mondoro’s research incorporates—for the first time—three most common failure modes for bridges vulnerable to floods, hurricanes and tsunamis into a risk assessment framework to optimize retrofitting strategies.
Bridges make great metaphors for connection, as in "bridging our differences" and "building bridges." That may be because bridges play such a vital role in connecting people in real life.
Lehigh University participates in workshop on new developments in big data optimization algorithms, theory, applications and systems
After shopping at your favorite grocery store week after week, you finally earned a free turkey.
The cashier scanned your loyalty card at every checkout, rewarding you with points toward a holiday turkey or ham - while at the same time sending an itemization of everything you bought to a database.
Lehigh University wins NIH grant to unlock mystery of the virus’ interaction with host cells
In some ways, the Ebola virus operates like a vampire; only after it is politely invited in to a host cell does it take up the task of destroying everything in its path.
The virus uses the everyday function of endocytosis—the taking in of matter by a living cell—to gain entry, first attaching to the outer wall before a vesicle forms to draw it into the cell.
Researchers needed tech that didn’t exist; with NSF support, they are bringing it to life in Lehigh University’s Center for Photonics and Nanoelectronics
William E. Schiesser, emeritus professor at Lehigh University, recently authored several books on computer-based solutions to model real-life phenomena, such as the development of Parkinson’s disease.
Schiesser is the Emeritus McCann Professor in the chemical and biomolecular engineering department as well as a former professor in the mathematics department.
His recent books include the following four titles:
Mayuresh Kothare, the R. L. McCann Professor in the chemical and biomolecular engineering department at Lehigh University, has been appointed to the editorial board of an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) society journal.
Kothare will serve as an associate editor of Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC): Systems. The IEEE publication is one of five journals published by the IEEE SMC Society.
Kelly Schultz receives NSF CAREER award to study stem cell-mediated engineering of their microenvironments
Few creatures, aside from humans, have the ability to reshape the world in which they live.
The humble earthworm is one such example. As a "terrestrial engineer," it tunnels through and aerates the soil, incorporating organic matter along the way and benefiting nearby plants.
NSF-funded grant to provide students with experience in scalable computer systems and algorithms
Your rideshare app says your driver will show up in 10 minutes. No, make that 20 minutes. There's a detour along her route and traffic is backing up.
While you wait, you upload some photos to Facebook, and the service recognizes your friends and suggests names for you to tag.
Still waiting, you surf over to Amazon and buy that slow cooker that's been sitting in your cart. How about a recipe book and some storage containers with that?
It was a monumental day for American Paralympian Tyler Walker, who earned his first ever Olympic medal in PyeongChang, South Korea. The four-time olympian won the silver medal in the men's sitting giant slalom Wednesday at the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games.
